Kelvin E.Y. Low
Associate Professor
National University of Singapore
Kelvin E.Y. Low is trained in sociology and anthropology at the University of Bielefeld and the National University of Singapore (NUS). Among other roles, he currently serves as Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at NUS. His core areas of research include sensory studies, migration and transnationalism, food and foodways, and social memory and heritage. He is author or editor of 6 books, with the most recent title being Sensory Anthropology: Culture and Experience in Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2023). A new book on Bracketed Belonging: Gurkha Migrant Warriors and Transnational Lives is presently underway (in press; Cornell University Press).
Kelvin E.Y. Low is trained in sociology and anthropology at the University of Bielefeld and the National University of Singapore (NUS). Among other roles, he currently serves as Head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at NUS. His core areas of research include sensory studies, migration and transnationalism, food and foodways, and social memory and heritage. He is author or editor of 6 books, with the most recent title being Sensory Anthropology: Culture and Experience in Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2023). A new book on Bracketed Belonging: Gurkha Migrant Warriors and Transnational Lives is presently underway (in press; Cornell University Press).
His current research projects include human-nonhuman relations and sensory encounters in the city, sonic interactions in urbanity, as well as sensory craft in relation to ceramic artists and learners in Singapore.
His current research projects include human-nonhuman relations and sensory encounters in the city, sonic interactions in urbanity, as well as sensory craft in relation to ceramic artists and learners in Singapore.
Atop his co-editorship of Current Sociology, Kelvin sits on the editorial boards of journals including Sociology, Cultural Sociology, and The Senses and Society. He is also academic editor-in-chief of the Social Sciences in Asia book series published by Brill, and he contributes as editorial advisory board member of the Perspectives On Sensory History book series (Penn State University Press). Furthermore, he sits on the International Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), and the Core Academic Panel of the National Museum of Singapore.
Atop his co-editorship of Current Sociology, Kelvin sits on the editorial boards of journals including Sociology, Cultural Sociology, and The Senses and Society. He is also academic editor-in-chief of the Social Sciences in Asia book series published by Brill, and he contributes as editorial advisory board member of the Perspectives On Sensory History book series (Penn State University Press). Furthermore, he sits on the International Scientific Advisory Board of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), and the Core Academic Panel of the National Museum of Singapore.